by the way love the thread but the plastic hose clamps on page 1 are horrible they can shift around or even come off and they are not necessary for 7/16" tubing often system builders will buy a pack of cables ties usually 4" black or white for cable management or fans they work great as clamps. I would also stay away from 90' fittings it will just add more restriction with Tygon Tubing you don't need Smart Coils or Fittings because the Tubing has a good bend radius. Pump is fine

@ DaMulta : D-5b? there is some question as to the actual setting of the pump as they are reported to be fixed at setting 4 but there have been a few instances reported of performance identical to setting 2, so be carefull

i think the heat dump from yor pump at 17v would offset the perormance increase, 13.5v-14v is the sweet spot for your pump IIRC, 18v for an IWAKI

@ phillbrown : get rid of the reducers and run 7/16th tubing with 1/2" barbs

Ok guys, I've narrowed my cpu block choices down to either the D-Tek Fuzion, or the EK Surpreme. According to OC3D's review, the EK performs better on an OCed quad, but is much more restrictive. Like, almost as restrictive as the Storm.

And what are the recommendations for a gpu block? Never really did much research into them. MCW60 and Maze5 pop to ming immediately, but are there any better block for the price?

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I would get the d-tek FuZion. I've tried a few in my time and the d-tek is a better WB IMO. The storm was a good block for a single die CPU and I loved it but it doesn't compare to the FuZion.

by the way love the thread but the plastic hose clamps on page 1 are horrible they can shift around or even come off and they are not necessary for 7/16" tubing often system builders will buy a pack of cables ties usually 4" black or white for cable management or fans they work great as clamps. I would also stay away from 90' fittings it will just add more restriction with Tygon Tubing you don't need Smart Coils or Fittings because the Tubing has a good bend radius. Pump is fine

- Christine

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I know you can use 7/16" tubing on 1/2" ID barbs without the fasteners (at first). However, over time the tubing begins to "mold" itself into the shape of the barb and it may keep it's seal however in my experience it can fail, losing it's seal and dumping a hard stream of water onto your PC. If you remove your tubing from the barb after a few months it typically will not reseal itself like it did the first time you tried it (when the tubing was in new condition). You will see the end of the tubing taking on the shape of the barb making a air/water tight seal impossible.

This is why I never recommend nor suggest installing tubing without fasteners. This is why the plastic fasteners are just fine, if they are loose and your hand is not strong enough to tighten it down, use a pair of wide moth pliers. If the plastic fasteners are to big/small then get the metal kind. However, these are a bit difficult to tighten down or un-tighten once the PC is put together for the video card and CPU WB as screwdriver is typically to long to properly maneuver. The plastic tighteners have an advantage in this avenue.

I see, well the difference in that review certainly doesn't justify the restriction. IMO, 2C and better would be worth it but in most cases it' less then 1C.

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Yeah, you're probably right. Guess I'll just get the Fuzion. And not only that, I was thinking more about it, and they didn't test it against a jetted Fuzion. So with tweaks, the Fuzion will likely pull ahead again anyway.